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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could Tree tell by the way M'Vy walked into the house, at the beginning of Chapter 15?

2. What does Tree see when she takes Brother Rush's gloves?

3. What is Tree's response when M'Vy comes home?

4. Where does Tree find herself when she goes to see Brother Rush?

5. How has M'Vy changed for the funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tree tell M'Vy about Dab's funeral?

2. What does Tree learn when she sees Brother Rush after Dab's death?

3. What does M'Vy tell Tree is wrong with Dab?

4. What ails Brother Rush?

5. Describe Dab's admittance into the hospital.

6. How is the relationship with Tree and Miss Pricherd different at the end of the book?

7. What happens when M'Vy follows Tree into the little room?

8. Describe Tree's discovery of Dab's death.

9. What prompts Tree to decide to leave home?

10. What does Tree see when she takes off Brother Rush's gloves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush" with "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", another book in which children are transported into another world through a special portal.

Essay Topic 3

How does Tree change from the beginning of the book to the end? What has she learned, and how has she grown? How has her relationship with her mother changed?

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